Whist game-boaxd



(No Model.)

W. A. LOGUB.

WHIST GAMB BOARD.

No. 490,148. Patented Jan. 17, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM A. LOGUE, OF SUNSET, MONTANA.

WHIST GAM E-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 490,148, dated January 17, 1893. Application filed March 16, 1892. lSerial No.A 425.1449. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. LoGUE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sunset, in the countyot ADeer Lodge and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWhist-Boards; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

T his invention relates to a whistboard or y device for aiding the beginner as well as' the ordinary player by relieving the mind of the strain required in mentally keeping trace of the cardsthat have been played and allow themind to be concentrated upon the intricate and delicate pointsiu the philosophy of the game.

The invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when taken in connection with the annexed drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is a lplan View of my improved whist board, and: Fig. 2, isa vertical sectional detail view illustrating one of the pins or pegs partly raised.

Referring by letter to said drawings: A, invdicates the frame or board of my improved device. This board may be formed from a block of wood, metal or other suitable Inaterial and shaped in a rectangular, lcircular 'or other desirable form to receive the design upon its face as will be presently described. This board A, is provided near opposite sides with a series of vertical holes b, with the word Game beside them and are designed to receive pins or other suitable markers whereby a record ot' the game won might be kept.

c, indicates a series of similar holes illustrating the points and also carrying pins for marking the same. The word Points is printed adjacent to these latter series of'holes which are preferablyarranged opposite to each other on the remaining two sides of the'board.

D, indicates a suitl which is here shown as clubs. E, a suit of diamonds. F, a suit of spades and G, a suit of hearts. These suits are shown as arranged one in each corner of the case and are illustrated so as to expose to View the full face of every card in the deck, These cards or representations may be printed or lithographed on paper, cardboard or other suitable material and pasted, glued or otherwise secured to the board, although if desired the characters may be engraved, impressed or other-wise xed to the face of the board. Y

Each card `is provided with a suitable means by which it may be marked and in the present illustration of my invention I have represented the suits as arranged in a circular manner and provided a hole 71, at the inner end of each card although it is obvious that the cards maybe arranged in squares or otherwise displayed so as to suit the fancy of the player or the dictation of the manie' facturer. The holes d, which in some cases may be placed within the border of a card are designed to receive a marker or pin H, as better shown in Fig. 2, of the drawings. These pins or pegs which are desired to mark the cards which have been played, are preferably of a construction as shown, although I -do not wish to limit myself to any particular form of marker; it is desirable however that the pins or pegs may remain in a lifted or raised position within the holes without entirely leaving the same.

In the center of the board or at any suitable point as shown at I, I have represented acard of each suit which may be placed in a square or circle with the word Trumps as shown' at d.

C, indicates a pointer which is suitably pivoted at one end on a stud or the like so that itmay be moved to point at any of the cards in the center of the case so as to indicate what is trumps. I also prefer to arrange within the square or circle of each suit a card of its kind as shown and such may be the ace.

In the starting of a game, after the cards aredealt the pointer is turned on the indicator to show what is trumps. The pegs or pins are then raised in the holes a, of each and every suit aud as a card has been played the players depress a pin at the card on the case corresponding with the one which has been played so that the pins standing or remaining raised in the holes indicate the cards which are out. As a point is made the party making it may placca suitable pin yor marker in one of the holes marked Points and ICO when a game has been made the player may place a pin or other marker in the holes marked Games.

It will be seen that it will require uo care whatever to keep track of the caniswhich are out and the beginner or ordinary player may keep his mind wholly upon other fea tures of the game.

While I havedeseribed specifically aboard of the form shown yet I do not wish to emr fine myself tothe particular-marking devices nor thearrangement of the suits nor do l confine myself Ato the employment of the trump indicator.

Having describe my invention what I elaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s:

1. A whist board having card faces represented in suits and each card of the suits adapted to receive a. marker, substantiallyas specified.

2. A whist beard having npouits face the representation of a deck of cards; mid cards being arranged in suits in circular manner and. each cardedapte to reeeive a marker, snbstantiallyasand for the purposespeeiiied.

3. Awhist board having its face represent ing aeek of eardsarranged in suits and having a hole at one end of each card, in combination with a pin or a peg arrange in said holes and adapted to be moved up and down therein, substantially as specified.

4^. The whist board described, having represented upon its faee a deck of cars divided into the four suits and also having a hole at oneend of each card to receive a pin er marking peg; said ease also having a pointer pivoted so aste indicate trumps which are representation the faee 0E the. ease and also having means for representing points and the games, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in of two winne` e.,

A. LOGUE..

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